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strong; elytra scarcely less shining in the female than in the male, 

 oblong, parallel, feebly arcuate at the sides and very obtuse at apex, 

 slightly, to distinctly, less than one-half longer than wide and not 

 quite a fifth wider than the prothorax, the sinus not deep though 

 very distinct, stris fine, the scutellar long, the intervals nearly flat, 

 the puncture small, behind apical fourth; accessory punctures fine, 

 numerous, arranged in a very uneven transverse line on each segment; 

 hind tarsi nearly as in the preceding. Length (c? 1 9 ) 7.8-9.0 mm.; 

 width 3.0-3.8 mm. Nevada (Reno). Ten examples, taken by the 

 writer renoicus n. sp. 



In regard to albionicus, Mannerheim states that the base of the 

 prothorax is punctulate; this language could not apply to any of 

 the rather numerous examples at hand, which, answering all the 

 other described characters, seem to be correctly identified; it was 

 surmised by LeConte that the type of albionicus might be merely 

 an immature example of cautus, but this, according to the terms of 

 the description, is not at all probable. The description of funestus, 

 given above, is from the original. 



A few species of the fraternus group are still unknown to me; 

 these are described as follows from the original diagnoses. 



H. clandestinus Lee. Elongate, oblong-oval, piceous-brown; an- 

 tennse, palpi and legs rufo-testaceous; prothorax wider than long, the 

 sides rounded in front, then nearly straight, but very feebly sinuate to 

 the hind angles, which are rectangular, not at all rounded; base emargin- 

 ate, the side margin more reflexed than usual, explanate and sparsely 

 punctulate toward the base, the basal impressions narrow, slightly 

 punctured; elytra not wider than the prothorax, the striae deep, impunc- 

 tured, the intervals slightly convex; dorsal puncture upon the third 

 stria; outline oblique toward tip but not sinuate; abdomen with accessory 

 setae, the first segment punctured behind the coxae. Length 8.5 mm. 

 Colorado (Garland 8000 feet). A single male. 



It is said to resemble furtivus but to differ in having the hind 

 angles of the prothorax rectangular and not rounded. As indicated 

 by the emarginate base of the prothorax, it should be placed in the 

 furtivus nugax section as arranged above, but it differs from any 

 one of the species known to me by the unrounded thoracic angles. 



H. stupidus Lee. Oblong, suboval, convex, black; prothorax more 

 than one-half wider than long, the sides finely margined, rounded anter- 

 iorly, nearly straight posteriorly and almost parallel, the hind angles 

 right, slightly rounded, the basal foveae not at all deep, the entire basal 

 region punctulate; elytra with impunctate striae, opaque in the female, 

 the intervals slightly convex, the apices sinuate; antennae and legs 

 obscure ferruginous. Length 11.5 mm. Nebraska (near Fort Bridger). 



